Posts tagged ‘Telecoms’
Telecoms: Hi-tech care
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Julie-Ann Augusto manages the telecare and telehealth services in the South Eastern Trust’s area, which covers Ards, Down, North Down and Lisburn districts. Both involve the remote monitoring of patients who are not at the same location as the care provider. The trust’s Nocturnal project provides telecare monitoring for at least 30 patients with dementia. This is funded by the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and follows on from the similar Netwell project in 2008-2009. Some Netwell clients have continued to be served by Nocturnal. In...[full story]
Telecoms: A message from Europe
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010European telecoms regulation rules have been in place since 2002 and are now acknowledged to be dated. A reform of the way the sector is overseen was agreed to in principle in November last year and must now become law in all 27 member states by May next year. The industry is worth around €290 billion across the EU, and 4 per cent of the jobs throughout the union exist directly from the sector. One criticism of the European project has often been that decisions are taken too far away and have little effect on residents here. However, the European Commission suggests that as business...[full story]
Telecoms: Digital disappointment
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010The wide-ranging Digital Economy Bill, introduced by Labour during the ‘washup’ period before Parliament was dissolved, means that the Government has the power to block certain websites, implement speed blocks and suspend the accounts of internet users suspected of copyright infringement by illegally downloading music, films, photos or software. Fines up to £50,000 could be imposed and Government would be able to install its own manager at internet domain name registries that are considered to be failing. Royal assent for the Bill, which is a follow up to Labour’s June 2009 ‘Digital...[full story]
